What is this election going to be about?

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Saturday September 08, 2012 · 10:55 AM PDT

2012/09/08 · 10:55

I've enjoyed watching politics as a sport for many years (Hey, I grew up in Chicago, so what can you expect?) The team the Republicans have put out there this year is the lamest I've ever seen. Near the top of my list of criticisms is the Republican's attempt to frame issues in this election. Now every pol is going to do that, it's just that the GOP does it so badly, so baldly, so moronically.

As a kid, I recall the surprise I felt watching Hubert Humphrey on TV field an interviewer's question so deftly that what could have been an embarrassment for HHH, he turned into a splendid explanation of his position. At the time I thought, wow, that was a wonderful verbal put-down, unfair and sneaky, maybe, but awesome. And I've watched the Sunday a.m. talk shows over the years and seen some pretty amusing jujitsu come out of the mouths of politicians.

Below, we look at how Republicans and their spokespeeps are handling things now.

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Who decides what the election is about?

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Who decides what the election is about?

Ann & Mittens

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David Gregory & George Stephanopolis

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John Stewart & Stephen Colbert

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the Supreme Court

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all of the above

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we, the people

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other, please comment

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Who can try Bush administration torture conspirers?

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Saturday April 25, 2009 · 12:10 AM PDT

2009/04/25 · 00:10

In view of the latest releases of torture related documents from the Bush-Cheney era and the concomitant outrage they have engendered, it seems fitting to explore the varieties of legal redress that may ensue.
I'll rule out an inquiry such as a Truth and Reconciliation Commission as
such commissions, while excellent methods of inquiry, lack teeth to bite the offenders. My interest is in legal bodies that have jurisdiction to try the various players from the Bush administration who were involved in promoting torture of suspected terrorists, primarily those detained at Guantanamo and secret sites outside of the U.S.

Probably painfully obviously, I bring no particular legal background to this diary; I am simply a citizen outraged and offended that my country has apparently, contrary to the Geneva Convention and in violation of any civilized morality, tortured and murdered people whom it has deemed to be terrorists. And in some cases, the Bush/Cheney torture movement has been revealed to have been so rabid, it has mistakenly targeted innocents.

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